Sony EX3/slow mo?

I'm trying to decide whether to purchase the Sony EX3. But there's an issue I don't understand: Is it accurate that you cannot use slow-motion if you shoot in 1080 mode? If so, does this also apply with FCP?
Can somebody please recommend a camera(s) of equal quality that do not have this issue and can be used with FCP?

The EX3 can shoot 1080p and 720p, and both formats support over cranking. The 1080p format can only support up to 30fps, and the 720p can support up to 60fps. So if you have decided on 1080 as the format you can only over rank 24fps to 30fps and it only adds 6 more frames.
If you shoot 720 format you can over crank to 60fps, with a 24fps time base that will slow down the motion by 2-1/2 times.
This is a great camera and it will out perform anything in this price range. The EX series cameras have an amazing 3-CMOS 1/2 sensor system that all manufacturers are going with, so don't listen to any rolling shutter BS from this forum, those that raise this as an issue do so only to point people to another manufacturer that is now using the same technology. And don't listen to any Long GOP BS either, as this Long Group of Pictures is being used in the AVCHD codec as well.
The EX3 is an awesome camera and there are solutions to avoid the high cost of SxS cards by using a simple Express card adapter and recording to SDHC cards.
And If you really want to unleash the potential of the EX3 you can now go beyond the limits of the 35Mbps bit rate capabilities and use an external HD-SDI recorder from Convergent Design and soon with an AJA recorder.
The Convergent Design Flash XDR and their Nano Flash recorders support up to 160 Mbps all i-frame Mpeg-2 codec and the overcrank feature will be added by the time the Nano Flash ships in June. Mpeg-2 Long GOP is just as good as AVCHD (Mpeg-4) when you can increase the bit rate.
Good Luck
Z1

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